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Cabinet - Sources

Field postcard
Machinae coelestis: engraved Plate by the author (p. 428)
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Colophon, fol. 45v
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Giovanni Bellini, Madonna with Four Saints (1505)
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Sheldonian Ceiling
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Wellcome MS 349, fol. 22r
The transmission of knowledge: From manuscript to print
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Cartographic table, Nuremberg, c. 1553
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II.4 'Privilegium scholasticum': the jurisdiction of the Chancellor's Court
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Terracotta 'Persian rider' from Selemieh
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Turkmen earrings gulak-halka (Turkmenistan)
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Свидетельство о рождении Абраши Леваевича Ильясова (Узбекистан)
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Ghirlandaio, Confirmation of the Franciscan Rule (1485)
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Common-sense interpretation: concentric spheres in uniform circular motion around the stationary earth
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A supra-national entity
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Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cgm 597, folios 260r-261v
The Idle Shepherd Boys continued (vol. 2)
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Map of Median Empire (c. 600 BC)
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A Copy of the Convivio (MS Ital. d 5)
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Frans (II) Francken, c. 1620-25
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Musical Clock with Spinet and Organ, Augsburg, ca 1625
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Background: Botany in Ancient and Medieval Europe
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Sidereus Nuncius, 1610
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Cataloguing the Physick Garden (1648 and 1658)
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